— Mariners 6, Astros 5 (10)
Josh Naylor had the walk-off hit for Seattle.
Josh Hader threw 44 pitches, walked the guys in 10th inning.
Astros are 78-80, but they’re tied for first in AL West.
— Mets 7, Rangers 2
Marcus Semien hit a tie-breaking HR in 8th inning.
Brett Baty hit a pinch-hit grand slam in 9th inning
Rangers are 78-80, but they’re tied for first in AL West.
— Royals 5, White Sox 4
Maikel Garcia had three hits, three RBI
Royals snapped a five-game losing skid.
White Sox are a game behind Cleveland in AL Central.
— Red Sox 1, Guardians 0
There were 17 hits in this game, all singles.
Andruw Monasterio drove in the game’s only run.
Guardians are still a game ahead of Chicago in AL Central.
— Orioles 4-4, Blue Jays 2-2
Orioles move ahead of Toronto in AL East standings.
Christian Encarnacion Strand drove in three runs in the nightcap.
Pete Alonso hit his 41st home run in the first game of the day.
— Marlins 3, Cubs 2
Kyle Stowers homered for the Marlins, his 21st.
Dansby Swanson drove in both of Chicago’s runs.
Cubs still haven’t clinched a playoff spot.
— Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 3
Arizona scored four runs in the first inning.
Merrill Kelly is 6-0 in his last nine starts at Coors Field.
Arizona is 84-74, three games out of the last playoff spot.
— Famous birthdays, September 24th:
Joe Greene, 80
Joe Washington, 73
Hubie Brooks, 70
Rafael Palmeiro, 62
Kevin Millar, 55
Eddie George, 53
Drew Gooden, 45
Randy Foye, 43
Keith Null, 41
— Sunday is supposed to be a cruddy weather day in the northeast; Sunday’s Red Sox-Cub game has already been moved up to Friday, creating a day/night doubleheader at Fenway.
— Justin Verlander will make the last start of his Hall of Fame career Saturday when the Tigers host Pittsburgh. Verlander is 266-159 in his major league career.
— Phillies P Zack Wheeler became the 96th big league pitcher with 2,000+ career strikeouts when he struck out 11 Brewers Tuesday night. 8 of those 96 pitchers are still active.
— Arizona P Merrill Kelly’s career stats against the Dodgers:
18 starts, no wins, 11 losses, 5.32 ERA
Kelly’s career stats: 74-67, 3.93 in 200 starts.
— This season, Colorado Rockies have been outscored 2r4-146 in the first two innings of games.
— Freddy Peralta’s last five starts for Tampa Bay: 28.2 IP, 14 hits allowed, 6 walks, 3 runs.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL: Rays, Guardians, Hst/Tex. Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, White Sox
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres
